Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-13

COUNCIL IEIlsct- By A UNANI-
NOUS VOTE.

Of App tcantS tor sbe position nL Mes
senGer-The Faithful Get Their Re
ri.
The retiring Board oil Aldermen held
its last meeting last night. There were
some fitty-siX appointments to be made
and a large number OF spectators waited
from O'Clock until 10 for the caucus to
break up, Although several places were
contested, the chief interest was CEN
tered in tue fight for two or three
Of the Offices. TWAS supposed by those
who were waiting In the long room that
there was deadlock over the City Court
Clerksnip, tha Shrievaltv, or the position
Of Keeper OF the City DIspensary. Hon.
PLIlIip u. Russell, ST., and Mr.. j. h. z.
Carr Eere the candidates for Clerk Of the
City Court, and Sheriff David Bailey and
Magistrate John Tyson were the only ap-
plicants for the Sherlti's office.
The applicants tor the other offices that
were contested were:
Keeper of the City ispensary-Lewis
Cass, w. w. Lincoln, Ernest X. McCay.
Assistant Keeper OF the Dispensary-
X. l.. Weed, Jonn T. Rock well, John E.
Morris, Ernest *. McCay.
Clerk of the Market--W. Ii. Bordley,
I. A. Maddox, J. Z. w bite.
Port Wardens-Thoma5 Il. Laird, John
Power, Lewis Virgins, VIM. r. Prltch-
ard, ST., >. j. NJ. Baker, Ed. +. Daniels,
w. d. OliVeira, w. l.. w altnOur, VIM. ii.
Patterson, Peter Donelan.
Messenger of COunciI-Dougald Fer
guson, Michael A. Duggan, j. c. Dug
gan, Patrick Downey, }. D. McMurray,
Joseph Winters, Lawrence ConneiI,
James 6. W ats, John +. Walsh, James
O'Keefe, Patrick Mcclure, John Harri-
Son, John FallOn, Isaac III. Dowse, Daniel
ID. Walthour.
Chimney Contractor, Western Division
Timothy Egan, A lbert Freeman, ii. Ii.
FriersOn.
City Physician, Western Division-John
Nj. Johnston, Benjamin f. Sneftall, NJ. l..
Boyd, j. A. Wegelortn.
AT Larger. q. N0rtOn,sA. j. Halle,
John Il. Keller.
Keeper OF the Pest House-Thomas
Carr, James White.
All OF the Aldermen were present ex-
cept Alderman George j. Mills who was
at Brunswick, Where he went TO attend
his brothers. wedding.
The spectators manifested some signs
of uneasiness while the routine business
was beng transacted.
When the election was reached mo-
ton was made by Alderman Hamilton
! authorizing the Mayor to cast the ballot
| for the board IN cases where there was no
| opposition. The motion was carried
without objection. Mayor Lester then
stated that the board had already ballOted
in caucus, and that it had been agreed
| that a unanimous vote would be cast tor
| some candidate for each position. That
| however, was not to be taken, he said, as
an indication that there was no opposi-
zion in caucus TO some OF the candidates.
1t meant that the minority mad agreed TO
vote with the majority.
The DallOtlng was mere fOrmality.
Ii resulted in the election OF the follow
ing:
Clerk of City COuncil-F. Z. Rebarer.
City Treasurer-Charles ). Hardee.
City Marshall, l.. Goodwin,
Chief of POhce-R. IL. Anderson.
Assistant Chief OF POlice-John Green.
Guy ouryeyOr-John b. Howard.
HarbOr Master-R. Z. Kennedy.
| Clerk of5the Market-T. A. MaUtoX.
Messenger of CCuncll-John Harrison.
Keeper OF Laurel Grove Cemetery-A.
| +. T0rley.
Keeper Of City Dispensary-Lewls Cass.
Assistant keeper-Ernest McCay.
Corporation Attorney-henry G. Cum
| nlngham.
! Keeper of Pest House-ThOmas Carr.
Keeper of Forsyth Piace-Fneo. Moves.
| Inspectors of Timber aud Lumber
! Jonn u. Parry, George 2. Jordan, j. j.
| Buckley.
Inspectors of Naval Stores-F. j. Giry
! Charles ID. Russell, Harris Mcking, 5. ii
! Chestnut, NJ. q. Register, w. E. Bevan,
James NJ. Moore, James T.. Wells.
Health Ofilcer-Dr. ). +. Mcfarland.
Port Wardens-rnomas Il. Laird, John
| Power, Lewis Virgins, William Il.
! Pritcbard, ST., S. j. Nj. Baker.
Chimney ContractOr-Eastern divis-
ion; Jonn Cassidy. Western division
! Albert Freeman.
! Chief FIreman-Adolph Fernandez.
Assistant Chief Fireman - George
! Mouro.
Superintendent and Engineer Water
! Works-A. n. Miller.
CITY nysiclan-Eastern division: w
! w. Owens. Western division: NJ. l.,
! Boyd.
Clerk OF the City Court-Phillip M.
! Russell. 81.
City Sneriff-Davld Bailey.
/ Just preceding each ballot the names
/ of all the candidates were read. When
! the Clerk of tnes City Court and the
! Sheriff OF the same court were called
| MAJ or Lester stated that there was no OPP.
| position. 1t was understood Immediately
| that the contestants who iO.nd thai
/ tAeV could not he elected had their names
/ Withdrawn before the DailOtinG begun
| In nearly every case the old Official were
/ reelected. Mr.. Frank -. Rebarer, Clerk
/ OF the city Council, has held his position
! for eight years. MIR. Hardae, Capt. Good
| win, gen. Anderson and several Other
! officials have held their present positions
! tor "A number of wears.